CN1182291A - Low profile connector system - Google Patents

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CN1182291A
CN1182291A CN97121592A CN97121592A CN1182291A CN 1182291 A CN1182291 A CN 1182291A CN 97121592 A CN97121592 A CN 97121592A CN 97121592 A CN97121592 A CN 97121592A CN 1182291 A CN1182291 A CN 1182291A
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    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/03Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
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    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
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    • H01R12/71Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/721Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
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    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/66Structural association with built-in electrical component
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    • H01R13/6658Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in electronic circuit on printed circuit board
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
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    • H01R2201/16Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for telephony

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Abstract

A connector system includes a small receptacle which includes a circuit board (32) with a laterally-extending row of traces, and a receptacle housing (36). A plug front portion has a row of contacts (60) for entering the cavity and engaging the traces. The top wall has a row of cam surfaces (120) while the plug contacts have front portions with cam follower locations (112) that slide down along the cam surfaces. This causes trace-engaging locations on the contacts to move down against the traces. The top wall has a row of downwardly-projecting ribs (72) that form the cam surfaces. The plug housing (62) has a row of separators that fit into the spaces between the ribs. The plug has a coax section (230) that includes a pair of laterally-spaced grounded contacts (246, 248), and a signal contact (260).

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The adapter system of low profile
At present, portable cell phone is provided with a very little introducing female plug or the opening of jack, in telephone set, the afterbody of jack contact is solded in the conductor rail on the circuit board, when portable cell phone becomes more and more hour, the free space of jack is very little, and used contact is very little.In fact, find to be difficult to jack contact afterbody accurately is positioned in the circuit board conductor rail, because in joint component manufacturing and the change in user's the final assembling process afterwards.Cavity area is to change according to the different manufacturers that buy same jack around the jack, so the location of all jacks and plug is to be finished by the plug surface that inserts the jack cavity.Reduce the height and the degree of depth of jack requisite space and reduce its cost, the adapter system that guarantees the accurate location of contact surface simultaneously is with significant.
According to one embodiment of the invention, an adapter system is set, make female plug that one very little height and the width be arranged, and be convenient to the jack terminals and accurately locate.This female plug comprise above first circuit board and at horizontally extending grid on top.The roof of one jack box is positioned at this above upper surface, constitutes the cavity between roof and the circuit board.Plug connector comprises a plug box, and its previous section is inserted in the above-mentioned cavity fully, and the header contact bar grid of its horizontal expansion are used for engaging with the circuit board conductor rail.Jack box roof has the ledge surface bar grid of a horizontal expansion, and it places with the flange servo-actuated location division of header contact and contacts, and depresses contact and engages with conductor rail up to contact conductor rail-joint location division.The flange servo-actuated location division of each contact just contacts with ledge surface when roughly entering cavity.
Jack box roof has many ribs to lower convexity, and its lower surface constitutes ledge surface, and rib separates the formation open slot.The plug box comprises tabular spacing block bar grid, is used for separating the open slot between header contact and the insertion rib.Laterally accurately locating of plug and jack engaged and obtains with the opening cell wall by spacing block.
Coaxial device on the plug comprises an earthing conductor, and the grounding wafer of a pair of transverse arrangement of turbo is arranged on it.One signal contacts previous section laterally between the grounding wafer previous section, and all three contacts can be downward-sloping and on circuit board corresponding conductor rail.Earthing conductor also comprises ground connection fork, and it is located immediately under the signal contacts but only extends to this forward, in order to avoid directly contact with signal contacts.
New feature of the present invention will be stated in appending claims especially, read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings the following describes and can know understanding the present invention more.
Fig. 1 is a portable cellular stereogram, shows female plug of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional exploded view of adapter system of the present invention, shows plug and female plug thereof.
The three-dimensional exploded view that Fig. 3 shows plug connector among Fig. 2 and shows the body contact assembly that is used to protect plug connector.
Fig. 4 is the cutaway view along Fig. 2 center line 4-4, but plug end engages with female plug fully.
Fig. 5 is the cutaway view that is similar to Fig. 4, but plug connector only be inserted into plug for the first time with the just contacted place of jack ledge surface.
Fig. 6 is a plug sectional perspective view among Fig. 5, shows header contact and a pair of spacing block.
Fig. 7 is the partial front elevation view of jack among Fig. 2.
Fig. 8 is a plug connector front end partial rear view among Fig. 2.
Fig. 9 is the circuit board of female plug among Fig. 2 and the three-dimensional exploded view of jack.
Figure 10 is the fragmentary side cross-sectional view that is similar to Fig. 5, and shows a plug connector of another embodiment of the present invention, and a jack that matches.
Figure 11 is similar to Figure 10 view, and shows a plug connector of yet another embodiment of the invention and a jack that matches.
Figure 12 is the three-dimensional decomposing rearview of the co-axial cable component of plug connector among Fig. 2.
Figure 13 is that the solid of the co-axial cable component of plug connector among Figure 12 is decomposed front view.
Figure 14 is similar to Figure 12 and stereo rearview that these parts are assembled.
Figure 15 is the end view of Figure 12-14 standard coaxial cable assembly, shows the contact fore-end when contact is run into the jack ledge surface for the first time in contact process, a contact has been shown in dotted line has been in insertion and bonding station fully.
Fig. 1 represents a kind of portable cellular telephone 10, there is a female plug 12 and to be used for the terminals bar grid 14 that engage with the plug connector contact on it, plug connector is inserted in the female plug cavity 16, and roomy the causing of its horizontal L depended on terminal strapping grid 14 numbers and size.The degree of depth of the height of the vertical direction V of female plug and front and rear direction F, R should be as much as possible little, so that abdicate the space to telephone circuit, this can make roam-a-phone become littler especially.Female plug 12 is made by joint manufacturer, because phone manufacturer installs to female plug on the phone electrical wire board.The size and the shape of the molded casing 20 of phone of phone manufacturer design may be different because of different phone manufacturer.Therefore, the previous section of the plug connector of joint should be inserted in the cavity 16 fully, and any part that do not have is exposed at telephone casing 20 outsides.
Fig. 2 shows a female plug 12 and a plug connector 30 that engages in further detail.Female plug includes the marginal portion 34 on a circuit board 32 and the particularly circuit board, and it is positioned at jack box 36 belows.This circuit board has a upper surface 40 and is furnished with many conductor rails 42 in bar grid 14 on it.Jack box 36 has a roof 44, and it places on the segment distance of conductor rail 42 tops and the roof side 46,48 of lateral separation positioned opposite is arranged and rest on circuit board upper side wall 50,52.This box also is provided with antetheca 54 and the back edge 56 that is positioned on the circuit board back edge, and this edge is very thin, and its vertical (M) thickness is not more than the cavity minimum constructive height (A) that holds contact.
Plug connector 30 has the bar grid of a header contact 60, and it is designed to combine with the bar grid of conductor rail 42 when connector engages.This plug connector has a plug box 62 and the bar grid of the tabular spacing block 64 of a horizontal expansion is arranged, and this spacing block 64 is used to separate header contact 60.
The roof 44 of jack box has the bar grid 70 of the horizontal expansion of a rib 72 that extends downwards, and this rib and otch 74 are laterally separated each other.This tabular spacing block 64 is designed to insert in the otch 74 when connector engages.Spacing block 64 is in the combination of otch 74, can on horizontal direction L, locate contact more accurately and reliably, guarantee that each header contact 60 only combines with one of terminals in advance of forming on the conductor rail 42, notice that the terminals that form on the conductor rail 42 will extend on other circuit of circuit board and on the electric component of circuit board.
The fore-end 80 that Fig. 3 shows plug connector 30 is designed to be held by the female plug cavity, and the aft section 82 that reaches plug connector 30 is protected by the body contact up and down 84,86 of body contact assembly 90, and the body contact assembly comprises a lock pin actuating mechanism 92.This lock pin actuating mechanism manipulation lock pin bar 94 will comprise that the plug connector assembly 96 of plug connector 30 inserts in the female plugs 12.This body contact assembly 90, lock pin actuating mechanism 92 and lock pin bar 94 are known in prior art, do not go through herein.
Fig. 5 shows this plug connector 30 and just engages with female plug 12 forwards (being parallel to longitudinal direction M) on F and being moved into part.This header contact 60 is by making such as the laths of metal of bending copper alloy lath, and these contact aft section 100 usefulness mould pressing methods are fixed among the plug box 62.The contact aft section illustrates with the reduced graph form, this contact aft section and cable 102 crimping mutually, and this is very known in prior art.These contact mid portion 104 approximate horizontal are extended, and place between the top 106 and bottom 108 of spacing block 64.This contact previous section 110 enters in the female plug cavity 16 on joint full engagement position top, this previous section comprises a upper flange servo-actuated location division 112, it can be depressed, and once conductor rail-joint location division 114 engages with the jack terminals that formed by the circuit board conductor rail, equally as shown in Figure 4, the rib 72 of jack roof has constituted the flange locating surface, or ledge surface 120, this ledge surface 120 is designed to contact with the flange servo-actuated location division 112 of header contact when inserting contact.This rib also constitutes approximate horizontal pressing surface 122, and after as shown in Figure 4 contact engaged fully, this surface 122 engaged with flange servo-actuated location division 112.This rib has the rear end surface 123 of approximate horizontal, and its upper end 125 from ledge surface extends back.
When plug connector 30 is forwards being inserted on F when engaging with female plug, the leading-in end 130 that is made of the front end and the plug connector box opposite flank of spacing block 64 is at first with joint location.Preferably finish accurate aligning by bringing in before the spacing block 6 of the otch between the rib on the roof that enters into the jack box.Inserting more forward of plug wire head causes the flange servo-actuated location division 112 of contact to contact with ledge surface 120 on position as shown in Figure 5 at first.The extension that turns forward downwards of this ledge surface 120 when inserting forward, causes flange servo-actuated location division 112 to move downward, and this ledge surface has low friction performance.The conductor rail of this contact-joint location division 114 also moves downward, and engages with conductor rail 42 until it.Little with the contact resistance of conductor rail in order to guarantee contact location division 114, contact is depressed and bending is arranged slightly when its position from Fig. 5 moves to the position of Fig. 4.
Each contact previous section 110 comprises backward first section 140, and it combines together mutually with contact mid portion 104, this first section with forward-mode of being inclined upwardly extends.First section front end to forward part has one second section 142, and this second section 142 forms a bending, is preferably the obtuse angle, and the upper surface of bending projection and form flange servo-actuated location division 112.The contact previous section comprises one the 3rd section 144, its from second section forward-downward-slopingly extend to the 4th section 146, the four sections and be bent into convex lower surface and constitute conductor rail-joint location division 114.The 3rd section 144 angle B with horizontal direction depend within the specific limits jack forward-the last desired depth E of backward directions F, R.Applicant's optimized angle B at least 20 degree limits the degree of depth of female plug, and guarantees the downward force of a bigger joint location division 114 towards the circuit board guided way.The angle B of applicant's preferred one about 30 degree guarantees suitable strain.Ledge surface 120 preferably is a bit larger tham angle B with the inclination angle of level, and purpose is and second section 142 middle contacting of contact.Ledge surface 120 is to be provided with like this: its central part 120C contacts with flange servo-actuated location division 112 along as shown in Figure 4 its length direction at first, to contact with these location divisions a little higher than or that be lower than the contact of design height slightly.When joint engaged fully, contact arrived position as shown in Figure 4, and location division 112 engages with the circuit board conductor rail, and depress flange servo-actuated location division 112 compacted surperficial 122.
As shown in Figure 6, spacing block 64 places the plane such as 148, and perpendicular to horizontal cross L, this spacing block is laterally separated to form open slot 140 on how much on this plane 148, and contact 60 places among the open slot 140.The lateral attitude of the preferred plug connector of applicant is engaged with the wall of the otch 74 of roof 44 by spacing block 64 and decides (Fig. 7).Each open slot 140 and contact wherein 60 directly place a roof rib 72 times.Wall by spacing block and the otch roof incompatible located lateral of joining, thus accurately location guaranteed.The transverse width G of every spacing block is many less than the width of each otch 74, has all spacing blocks of tolerance also can enter all open slots although make.Certainly also need jack box 36 is installed on the circuit board exactly, guarantee that each rib 72 directly places on the corresponding conductor rail 42.
Fig. 9 shows jack box 36 and is provided with to lower convexity post 150,152, and it is contained in the hole 154,156 of circuit board 32 formation tightly.Notice that being positioned at the antemarginal hole 154 of circuit board has the shape of otch, post 150 very closely side direction is located therein.Pillar 152 forward needn't be provided with accurate in locating.Note being provided with edge 56 covering circuit board back edge 160, being provided for the inclined-plane that plug inserts thereon, and provide a more level and smooth surface for the cross section of circuit board that may be coarse.
The contact 170 that Figure 10 represents is with multi-form previous section 172.Previous section 172 comprises one first section 174, its from contact mid portion 176 forward-downward-sloping extension.Form the bending on a band lower convexity surface for second section 180, this lower convexity surface forms a conductor rail-joint location division 182.One the 3rd section 184 with forward-being inclined upwardly extends to the 4th section 186.Form a bending with upper convex surface for the 4th section 186, this upper convex surface forms a flange servo-actuated location division 188.Figure 10 illustrates flange servo-actuated location division 188 with solid line and at first contacts with ledge surface 190.Figure 10 also is shown in broken lines contact previous section 172A and is in complete insertion position, and wherein this conductor rail-joint location division 182A engages with conductor rail, and flange servo-actuated location division 188A contacts with pressing surface 192.Its advantage of contact among Figure 10 is that flange servo-actuated location division 188 is positioned at (for the Low ESR contact, this joint location division must keep clean, and keeps by contact backward more) before conductor rail-joint location division 182.Yet, among Figure 10 contact need quite long (forward-backward directions on) jack box 198
Figure 11 shows another contact 200, and it has the mid portion 201 of a basic horizontal, and the previous section 203 of this mid portion and contact (this part finally enters in the jack cavity fully) combines together.The previous section of contact has first section 205 of a basic and approximate horizontal, and second section 202 of extending with about 170 degree bendings arranged, and the epimere at bending 204 places is with the cardinal principle horizontal-extending and form flange servo-actuated location division.Extend with about 10 degree of horizontal tilt (be lower than 60 degree and be preferably lower than 40 degree) bending bottom 206.This contact previous section also comprises one the 3rd section 210, and it recedes and extends to the 4th section 212, the four sections 212 and be bent into that convex surfaces 214 forms conductor rail-joint location division.Applicant's analysis show among Figure 11 contact stand to engage in minimum stress, contact is preferred except cost among Figure 11.Contact 200 is more expensive structures, because big bending 202 is arranged.Can be such as being that 216 places or bending end face locate (less than cavity rearward height A) after a while, be provided with one and convexly finish preferable contact and tilt.
Figure 12 shows a side of female plug 12, it comprises three circuit board conductor rail 221-223, it is what to separate with other conductor rail 42, and the same shaft portion 230 that plug connector 30 also had open in a fen at opposite side, plug is designed to protected type contact device with shaft portion 230 and (is generally coaxial cable, but can be that an electric wire or its are similar), and three circuit board conductor rail 221-223 are designed to and should engage with contact of shaft portion.Notice that conductor rail 221 and 223 is a ground connection; and conductor rail 222 is decided to be the conveying high-frequency signal; referring to Figure 12-15; plug connector is designed to link to each other with the coaxial cable 232 of general type with shaft portion 230 as can be seen, and this coaxial cable comprises a ground connection outer conductor 234 (surrounding as protective layer) and a signal conveys inner wire 236.
Ground connection outer conductor 234 connects an earthing conductor device 240, and this device 240 comprises that one extends to the thin slice 242 of ground plate part 244 and arranges grounding wafer 246,248 from a pair of lateral separation that the ground plate part is stretched out forward.Thin slice 242, plate portion 244 and contact 246,248 are made an integral body, and each grounding wafer 246,248 all has the previous section 250 of a flanged pin servo-actuated location division 252, and this flange servo-actuated location division 252 is designed to downward-sloping according to ledge surface.This each previous section has a conductor rail-joint location division 254, and it is designed to engage with the ground connection conductor rail 221,223 of female plug.Also comprise a middle contact or a signal contacts 260 with shaft portion, it links to each other with the inner wire 236 of coaxial cable and from then on extends downwards.Signal contacts 260 is being extended on the ground plate part 244 and between the grounding wafer 246,248.The previous section 262 of signal contacts is between the previous section 250 of grounding wafer.
Earthing conductor device 240 comprises ground connection fork (tine) 264, and it extends forward from ground plate part 244, and is positioned at signal contacts 260 belows.Below the elongated portion of the signal contacts of extending before the ground plate part 244, this fork 264 is provided with a ground plate, resembles ground plate part 244 and thin slice 242 and tightly is positioned at more leaning under the rear portion of signal contacts.By tightly being positioned at ground plate under the signal contacts; the applicant keeps the coaxial device impedance operator; also help guard signal contact 60 to exempt the influence of stray electrical electromagnetic wave radiation; laterally be positioned at the existence of earthing conductor 246,248 of the opposite side of signal contacts, also help to keep impedance operator and avoid spurious signal.By the edge of a wing 270,272 of pair of upright is set on the horizontal opposite side of ground plate part 244, and has strengthened the maintenance impedance operator more and avoided spurious signal.
Signal contacts 260 and earthing conductor device 240 are installed in insulation with in the pedestal 274, should constitute one group of fixedly spacing block 276 with the forward wall of pedestal 274, be similar to the described spacing block 64 in Fig. 2 aspect, spacing block 276 has constituted the middle coaxial openings groove 280 that is used for inhibit signal contact previous section, and is used to keep an offside coaxial grooves 282,284 of grounding wafer previous section.Notice that term " coaxial " not only relates to coaxial device, also relates to the screening arrangement that can connect coaxial cable.
Figure 15 shows a style, engage in the process with female plug in plug connector, the flange servo-actuated location division 252 of earthing conductor previous section 250 is sliding toward declivities with ledge surface 120, engages with ground connection conductor rail such as 221 until conductor rail-joint location division 254.
In the adapter system of applicant design, the zone of circuit board or be used for keeping the edge 34 (Fig. 2) of jack box 36 that 25mm wide (on the L direction) and 10mm dark (at F, on the R direction) are only arranged.Spendable height 5mm only on circuit board face 40.The interval of conductor rail 42 (center to center) is 1mm only.As can be seen, needing accurately, assembling guarantees that all contacts only engage with a selected signal circuit board conductor rail.
Although such as term " top ", " level ", " end " etc., be used to help the present invention to describe, be to be understood that native system and parts thereof can be used for any orientation of the relative earth in order to illustrate.
Therefore the invention provides an adapter system, wherein female plug has the very little degree of depth and a height, and this female plug can be made at lower cost exactly, and plug connector and female plug can engage and do not need plug connector is exposed at outside the female plug.Comprise a circuit board and the conduction rail bar grid on it on this female plug, comprise that also band is positioned at the jack box of the roof on the conductor rail.The plug connector previous section is inserted between female plug roof and the circuit board in the cavity, and the header contact of its many band previous sections is used for engaging with conductor rail.The jack roof has the flange strap grid, and it is provided for depressing the servo-actuated location division on the plug connector, and the conductor rail on female plug-joint location division engages with conductor rail.The plug box has the spacing block that is used for the stab contact contact of many tabular formulas, and the rib that jack hangs downwards constitutes the open slot of admitting spacing block.The rib lower surface is configured for depressing the ledge surface of header contact.The present invention also provides female plug and shaft portion together, and this comprises that with shaft portion similar those are used for the contact of other joint, but a ground plate is set and other tightly is positioned at the earthed surface of signal contacts side.A pair of grounding wafer is positioned at the horizontal opposite side of signal contacts.One ground connection vent is in the signal contacts below.
Although specific execution mode of the present invention is appreciated that for those skilled in the art in this explanation and description, make amendment at an easy rate and change, therefore, purport is in explaining that claims cover these modifications and replacement.

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1, an adapter system comprises plug connector and female plug (30,12), and wherein the female plug height is very low, it is characterized in that:
Described female plug comprises a circuit board (32), it has a upper surface (40) and the horizontally extending conductor rail (42 on described upper surface, 221) bar grid (14), described female plug comprises a jack box (36), one roof (44) places on described upper surface and the described conductor rail, and described roof has horizontal relative side (46,48), constitutes a cavity (16) between described roof and circuit board;
Described plug connector comprises the plug box (62) with a fore-end (80);
Many header contact (60,170,200,246,248,260) be installed in the plug box, each header contact comprises that band upper flange servo-actuated location division (112,188,204,252) reaches conductor rail-joint location division (114 down, 182,214,254) previous section (110,172,203);
Described jack box roof has the bar grid of ledge surface (120,190), and it depresses described flange servo-actuated location division forces described conductor rail-joint location division to press to described conductor rail;
Described plug box fore-end (80) has such size, and it can face toward described jack box and described circuit board, inserts described cavity and makes described header contact location, thereby avoided the plug box partly to be exposed at the outside of jack box.
2, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described plug box has many tabular spacing blocks (64,276), its every plane (148) that is positioned at the described transverse horizontal direction of approximate vertical (L), described spacing block is arranged in the horizontal expansion bar grid, adjacent each is to there being an open slot (140) between the spacing block in the bar grid, and described each contact previous section places one of described open slot;
The described end face of described jack box has many vertical ribs to lower convexity, and their intervals and placement constitute otch (74) therebetween, and the lower surface of described rib constitutes described ledge surface;
Each described open slot has a top (106) of opening wide and a bottom (108) of opening wide, and holds one of described rib respectively and produces the downward passage of contact of conductor rail-joint location division.
3, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described plug box front end has many leading-in ends (130), before described contact fore-end enters described cavity, leading-in end (130) places and enters described cavity, in engaging process, described leading-in end has been determined the height with respect to the described plug previous section of described jack;
Described ledge surface be forward-downward-sloping and rearmost upper end arranged;
The wall of described leading-in end is being arranged like this: when leading-in end at first enters in the described cavity, they allow described contact arrange like this, and described flange servo-actuated location division (112) is positioned under the described ledge surface upper end (125).
4, adapter system according to claim 3 is characterized in that:
Described roof has the rear end face (123) of approximate horizontal, and it extends from described ledge surface upper end backward.
5, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Each described contact (60) but the mid portion (104) that has the basic horizontal of a bending to extend, and each contact previous section has one second section (144), it links described conductor rail-joint location division (114) with described flange servo-actuated location division (112), and described second section straight-line extension and forward-downward-sloping roughly, and each contact previous section has a sweep (146), it is with crooked less than 180 degree, and combine together with second section and have the lower surface of a projection to constitute described conductor rail-engage location division, thereby in the proal shorter length of plug previous section, conductor rail-joint location division is pressed in the described cavity.
6, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Each described contact (170) has been made contact previous section (172), first section (174) on it with forward-downward-sloping, this first section has a forward end;
Each described contact has one second section (180), and itself and described first section forward end combine together, and this second section is bent into like this, makes its lower surface (182) projection and constitutes conductor rail-joint location division (182);
Each described contact previous section has one the 3rd section (184), it make progress-turns forward and a front end is arranged, each described contact previous section has one the 4th section (186), it extends forward from described the 3rd section front end, the 4th section such bending, promptly its upper surface (188) projection constitutes one of described flange servo-actuated location division (188).
7, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
The previous section (203) of each described contact (200) has a basic horizontal first section (205) and one and first section second section (202) of combining together is arranged, second section with the about 170 degree extensions of bending, described location division of making flange is adjacent with described bending, described previous section also comprises one the 3rd section (210), its from described bending part backward-downward-sloping, bending the 4th section (212) constitutes a convex lower surface (214), and it has constituted described conductor rail-joint location division.
8, adapter system according to claim 7 is characterized in that:
Described first section have one raise up (216) constitute described location division of making flange.
9, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described plug connector engages fully with female plug, and described plug box front end is positioned at described cavity fully, and the described conductor rail-joint location division of described header contact engages with described conductor rail.
10, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described header contact comprises three header contact, wherein M signal contact (260) laterally is positioned at other two contacts (246,248) between, two contacts (246,248) be grounding wafer, described grounding wafer is with being electrically connected and ground connection, and comprises a conductive prong (264), it is electrically connected to described grounding wafer, and conductive prong (264) is positioned under the described signal contacts but does not contact with it.
11, adapter system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described circuit board has a back edge (160); and described jack box comprises an edge (56); it is positioned at towards described circuit board back edge and is used for the protective circuit plate, and the thickness at described edge is less than the described cavity minimum constructive height (A) that wherein is positioned at the place, location that holds described contact.
12, a kind of female plug that is used to hold a plug connector, it comprises:
One circuit board (32), its have a upper surface (40) and in the above on the bar grid (14) of the conductor rail (42) of a horizontal expansion are arranged;
One jack box (36), it is installed on the described circuit board, described box comprises the roof (44) that is positioned on the described conductor rail and at the wall of the described roof of described circuit board upper support, form a cavity (16) between described roof and supporting wall of described roof and described circuit board, its cavity opens wide on the direction of opening backward;
Described roof constitutes the ledge surface (120) of many transverse arrangement of turbo, its each ledge surface with downwards-recede and extend, and its each be positioned on one of described conductor rail.
13, the joint that comprises a plug connector according to claim 12 is characterized in that:
Described plug connector comprises the plug box (62) of an electric insulation, and its fore-end (80) can insert in the described cavity, and described fore-end comprises the spacing block (64) that many lateral separations are arranged, constitutes open slot (140) between the two adjacent spacing blocks;
Many contacts (60,170,200) are installed on the plug box, and each described contact previous section (110,172,203) is arranged in a described open slot;
Be positioned on the described contact previous section and under cavity open wide, allow ledge surface to compress the contact previous section downwards, and allow each contact previous section projection under open slot, to engage with a described conductor rail.
14, a kind of plug connector (30) that is used to insert jack (12), it comprises:
One plug box (62), it comprises the fore-end (80) of a box, it is used for passing through the motion insertion jack of plug box in horizontal plane;
Many contacts (60,170,200) are installed in the described plug box, and described each contact comprises a previous section (110,172,203), and described box opens wide under described contact previous section;
Each described contact has the roughly flexible mid portion of straight line (104,176,201), and it extends in horizontal plane basically, and each contact has with the previous section of a sloping portion (110,172,203).
15, plug connector according to claim 14, it comprises:
One jack (12), it comprises the bar grid (14) of a circuit board (32) and horizontally extending conductor rail (42), with a jack box (36) that is installed on the described circuit board, jack box (36) has a roof (44), it is positioned on the described conductor rail, space between described circuit board and the described roof constitutes a cavity (16), and it is used for holding described plug;
Described roof constitutes many ledge surfaces (120,190), its each ledge surface is positioned on the described conductor rail, and each ledge surface with downwards-mode of turning forward extends, and is positioned for depressing the conductor rail of a described contact towards described circuit board.
16, plug connector according to claim 14 is characterized in that:
Each described contact previous section has first section (140), it extends in the mode of make progress-turning forward, one second section (142) are bent into an obtuse angle in described first section front, one the 3rd section (144) from described second section with downwards-mode of turning forward extends, constitute described sloping portion, one the 4th section (146) were positioned at before described the 3rd section, formed central lower surface and became the bending that engages location division (114).
17, plug connector according to claim 14 is characterized in that:
Each contact previous section has one first section (174), its from described contact mid portion with forward-downward-sloping mode extends, one second section (180) were positioned at before described first section, be formed with the bending of a convex lower surface (182), one the 3rd section (184) from described second section with forward-acclivitous mode extends, one the 4th section (186) form the bending of the first protruding upper surface at described the 3rd section front end.
18, plug connector according to claim 14 is characterized in that:
Described previous section has first section (205) of an approximate horizontal, one second section (202) are with about 270 degree bending extensions, one the 3rd section (210) from described knee with backward-downward-sloping mode extends and forms a skew back part, one the 4th section (212) are positioned at the bending that described the 3rd section rear end forms a convex lower surface (214).
19, a kind of with plug connector (96) and the method that female plug (12) engages, it is characterized in that:
Described female plug has the formation wall of unlimited cavity (16) backward, described wall comprises roof (44) and diapire (32), described diapire has the bar grid (14) of horizontally extending conductor rail (42), described roof constitutes the surface (120 that is positioned at the flange-shape on the described conductor rail, 190) bar grid, and wherein said plug connector comprises the plug box (62) with a fore-end (80), manufacture the contact previous section (110 that enters described cavity with the band that comprises a horizontal expansion, 172, the bar grid of header contact 203) (60), each contact previous section has a flange servo-actuated location division (112,188,204,252), it places with one of described flange-shape location division and contacts, and be provided for conductor rail-joint location division (114,182,214 of engaging with described conductor rail, 254), comprising:
When the plug box is accurately located with respect to described cavity wall, described plug head is partly inserted in the described cavity, and allowed described flange-shape location division to depress described flange servo-actuated location division to force described conductor rail-joint location division to press to described conductor rail;
Described accurate positioning step comprises: described plug only engages by the described plug head element partly that is positioned at described cavity with described jack.
20, method according to claim 19 is characterized in that:
Described female plug constitutes the bar grid of the vertical ribs (72) of a horizontal expansion, and the otch (74) of the wall formation that makes between the adjacent rib is arranged in described rib lateral separation, described plug box comprises the spacing block (64 of a horizontal expansion, 276) bar grid, spacing block are made and can be inserted in the described otch;
Described accurate positioning step comprises: engage with the described wall of described opening by described spacing block, in described cavity with described plug located lateral.
21, a kind of coaxial fitting device that is used to engage earth terminal and signal end (221,222,223) comprises:
One earthing conductor device (240), it comprises the grounding wafer (246,248) of a pair of transverse arrangement of turbo, each fore-end of grounding wafer (250) is downward-sloping towards one of described earth terminal;
One signal conductor device, it comprises a signal contacts (260), and signal contacts previous section (262) is between described earthing conductor, and described signal contacts previous section can be downward-sloping towards described signal end.
22, device according to claim 21 is characterized in that:
Described earthing conductor device comprises a conductive prong (264), it is electrically connected with described earthing conductor, the front end of described fork is located immediately at described signal contacts below, even but when its when terminals are downward-sloping, also hang down avoiding as far as possible and contact with described signal contacts.
23, device according to claim 22 comprise one have radially inner wire and the coaxial cable (232) of outer conductor, it is characterized in that:
Described earthing conductor device comprises ground plate part (244), its horizontal positioned and forward and backward edge is arranged, described earthing conductor and described fork respectively have a rear end, the described back edge of described ground plate part is connected on the described cable outer conductor, combines together in the described leading edge of described ground plate part and the rear end and the described fork rear end of grounding wafer.
24, device according to claim 23 is characterized in that:
Described signal conductor extends forward on described ground plate part;
Described ground plate partly has horizontal relative side, described earthing conductor device comprises the edge of a wing (270 of a pair of approximate vertical, 272), its side from described ground plate part raises up, at least partly contour approximately with described signal contacts, described signal contacts is positioned on the described ground plate part.
25, device according to claim 21, it comprises:
One circuit board (32), its (40) above one are arranged and on described on the conductor rail of three transverse arrangement of turbo, described conductor rail comprises a central signal conductor rail (222) and at a pair of ground connection conductor rail (221,223) of the horizontal opposite side of described signal conductor rail;
One insulation same pedestal (274), its antetheca constitutes three laterally spaced coaxial openings grooves, coaxial openings groove (280) and side coaxial openings groove (282 in the middle of this open slot comprises one, 284), its described signal contacts previous section is positioned at described middle coaxial openings groove, and described grounding wafer previous section is positioned at described side coaxial openings groove;
One box (36) is installed on the described circuit board, the roof of described box (44) places on the described circuit board, reserve a cavity (16) betwixt, be used to hold described with the pedestal antetheca, wherein above described contact previous section is located immediately at described conductor rail, described roof comprises flange location division (120), and it is arranged at towards described conductor rail and is used to tilt described contact previous section.
26, a kind of coaxial fitting device that earth terminal is engaged with signal end of being used for, it comprises:
One earthing conductor device (240), it comprises a grounding wafer (246,248) at least, grounding wafer previous section (250) is downward-sloping towards described earth terminal;
One signal conductor device, it comprises a signal contacts (260), contact previous section (262) is downward-sloping towards described signal end;
Described earthing conductor device comprises a conductive prong (264), it is electrically connected with the conductor of described ground connection, described fork has a front end, it is located immediately under the described signal contacts and is enough low, even also can avoid contacting with described signal end when described signal end is downward-sloping when it.
27, device according to claim 26, it comprises a coaxial cable (232), it has radially inner wire (236) and outer conductor (234), it is characterized in that:
Described earthing conductor device comprises ground plate part (244), it is positioned under the described signal contacts and forward and backward edge is arranged, described back edge links to each other with described cable outer conductor, and combines together in the rear end of the rear end of described leading edge and described grounding wafer and described fork.
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